07-09-2014, 10:29 AM
Does anybody have information on a Boosey and Hawks Wirec 1 wire recording machine?
I scrounged one many years ago (1967) from my school physics teacher and I recently found its still around in my mums garage, it did at one time work but the attentions of a 14 year old did not do it too much good. Perhaps the attention of an old man can help to make it feel better.
The machine is really well built, a real boat anchor if there ever was one, from memory 2x 6K7, 2x6V6 and a 5U4 inhabit a solid chassis with some proper paper caps and well built transformers. An identical machine was used as a prop in the film Reach for the sky.
My only other involvement with wire recorders was on flight data recorders used on Hunter and Buccaneer aircraft, same wire drums. similar drive mechanics with transistor record circuits, straight NRZL recording ie positive Irec = logic 1 negative for zero at about 1.5kbitsec IIRC.
I scrounged one many years ago (1967) from my school physics teacher and I recently found its still around in my mums garage, it did at one time work but the attentions of a 14 year old did not do it too much good. Perhaps the attention of an old man can help to make it feel better.
The machine is really well built, a real boat anchor if there ever was one, from memory 2x 6K7, 2x6V6 and a 5U4 inhabit a solid chassis with some proper paper caps and well built transformers. An identical machine was used as a prop in the film Reach for the sky.
My only other involvement with wire recorders was on flight data recorders used on Hunter and Buccaneer aircraft, same wire drums. similar drive mechanics with transistor record circuits, straight NRZL recording ie positive Irec = logic 1 negative for zero at about 1.5kbitsec IIRC.
